The Collective: Curated by Collin Duwe

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Issue #17

I spend way too much time and money on the internet so you don't have to.

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Somewhat of a lighter issue because tbh I'm tired and I'm laying low and I'm coasting my ass into 2021. Might redecorate my whole house, might not leave my bed, might only consume Christmas cookies and red wine - only time will tell.

In case I skip next week, I need you all to listen - when we get to 2021, none of y'all need to be screaming or touching nothing. We're going in quiet and we're going in slow. It's not "your year" and it's not a "new you" - we're all getting vaccinated and we're all gonna take it slow. No sudden movements. No foolishness.

CD Curated: 12.20

In other news, this playlist still slaps. Slaps is what the kids are saying these days. Allegedly. Anyway, I added like four Christmas songs to it. But like, cool ones.

The Vampire Test

If you click on anything this week, make it this: the simple way to know what to let in and out of your life.

Infinite Jest, bodegas, and free speech: the worst tweets of 2020

"Posting on social media and thereby inviting potential criticism is always somewhat of a risk, but this year the stakes felt unfathomably high. To be online in 2020 was to be confronted by an infinite scroll of confounding, cringeworthy, or otherwise outrageous opinions that, in any other moment, may have been relegated to an off-hand comment at happy hour with friends. Instead, we screamed it into the digital void, allowing those sometimes-terrible, sometimes-merely-inelegant missives to travel far wider than they ever should have. Welcome to the year of bad posts."

Step Inside Gus Kenworthy’s California Home

Dreamboat Gus partnered with dreamboat/idol Orlando and the result is as gorgeous as I imagine their OnlyFans to be.

Here's what's on my list for my upcoming break:

I've already got my eye on:

Listen, this is outrageously priced but can we talk about how cool it is?
Why hadn't anyone thought of this? They are so genius and so chic.
I love a turtleneck but I had never thought of wearing one for anything but a formal setting. This is a game-changer and gets comfier the more I think about it.
I might be obsessed with this floating shelf for less than $20 that should not be nursery-only. How cute in a bathroom, office, or kitchen?
Joe and I have been playing gin at nights - look how cute these cards are! Target does it again.
Super random but do you have a gallery wall? Or a hung frame that always seems unlevel? These are super cheap but get the job done. Throw them on the back corners, level that baby, and rest assured it's not moving.

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Meet Collin

It me. I'm Collin. Shockingly, I hate talking about myself but here are the CliffsNotes. 31, Texan turned cruise ship character turned Texan turned Chicagoan turned Texan. Event designer and planner. Interior designer and stylist. Corporate badass. Partner and double dog dad. Cursed with an aggressive gluten intolerance but also a passion for bread and no f*cks to give. Why a newsletter? It gives me a creative outlet with a deadline and my therapist says these things are important. Plus, I love to read, shop, share, and most importantly spend time on the internet. I don't sleep.